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Hesitation vs Cunctation - What's the difference?

hesitation | cunctation |

As nouns the difference between hesitation and cunctation

is that hesitation is an act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation while cunctation is (obsolete) delay, hesitation, procrastination.

hesitation

English

(wikipedia hesitation)

Alternative forms

* (chiefly archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
  • A faltering in speech; stammering.

    • Related terms

    * hesitate

    cunctation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Delay, hesitation, procrastination.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , Folio Society 2007, p. 428:
    • celerity should always be contempered with cunctation .

    Derived terms

    * cunctatory